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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryAnti-trafficking campaigns, sex workers and the roots of damageAnti-trafficking campaigns have their roots in 19th-century efforts to ‘save’ white women from ‘white slavery.’...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe dangerous appeal of the modern slavery paradigm
Endorsing the modern slavery bill, even by seeking to include additional protections within it, supports rather than...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe role of the state and law in trafficking and modern slaveryBeyond Slavery introduces its new issue on the state and the law, elements which not only define slavery but shape...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryModern slavery bill: migrant domestic workers fall through the gaps
UK immigration rules currently prevent migrant domestic workers from changing employers. This removes these migrant...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryModern slavery bill fails vulnerable womenIn 2012 the UK government made it illegal for migrant domestic workers to change employers. Parliament has the...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryForced labour is big business: states and corporations are doing little to stop it
The recent flurry of government, corporate, and NGO initiatives to eradicate slavery does little to tackle...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryBasic income and the anti-slavery movementUnconditional basic income is not only feasible, but it also has more emancipatory potential than any other single...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryWhat would loosen the roots of labour exploitation in supply chains?Forced labour is a symptom of a wider malaise facing workers in global supply chains. Governance gaps and skewed...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe politics of numbers: the Global Slavery Index and the marketplace of activismThe Global Slavery Index is profoundly flawed methodologically, yet it remains widely and often uncritically cited....
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryILO campaigns: missing the wood for the trees?
The ILO’s struggle against forced labour doesn’t go far enough. By abstracting ‘forced labour’ from capitalism, it...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryModern slavery and the responsibilities of individual consumers
How can one be an ethical consumer in a globalised world? There are ways to mitigate our involvement in harmful...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryAddressing forced labour in fragmented chains of productionWhat are the prospects for protecting workers in global supply chains? From UN principles to business and worker...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryGlobal supply chains: the role of law? A role for law!
International law lacks stringent mechanisms for ensuring worker protection in global supply chains. It is the...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryHarsh labour: bedrock of global capitalismGlobal supply chains are not benign spheres of opportunity, but tools for increasing the exploitation of labour in...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryDespite claims of progress, labor and environmental violations continue to plague AppleThough Apple claims that 2014 was "a year of progress," reports from labor rights groups and researchers reveal...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFree to stitch, or starve: capitalism and unfreedom in the global garment industryGrowing attention is focused on ‘modern slavery’ and forced labour in the garment industry, but broader forms of...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFood retailers, market concentration and forced labourMarket concentration is driving forced labour in the food industry, as retailers’ unprecedented power allows them to...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryStill slaving over sugarDespite the many 19th century acts declaring the emancipation of the enslaved, there are still practices in sugar...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryCapitalism’s unfree global workforceNeoliberal migration and border regimes instantiate a de facto forced labour regime. Migration is increasingly key...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryForced labour under a changing climate: droughts and debt in semi-arid IndiaClimatic change compounds the vulnerabilities and dependencies existing between households in semi-arid South Asia....